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Volume IV 





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Number 4 



SOUVENIR BULLETIN 



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Hampden-Sidney College 



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Hampden-Sidney, Va. 

Published by the College Entered at the Postoffice at 

January — April — July— October Hampden-Sidney. Va., as 2d class matter 



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HAMPDEN-SIDNEY COLLEGE 

A SKETCH 



\AIPDEN-SIDNEY COLLEGE opened its doors on January 1, 1776. It has, therefore, 
just passed the threshold of its 135th year of unbroken life, with a record of service 
rendered to God and countr)' that is astonishingly rich and fruitful. In point of age 
Hampden-Sidney stands second among the colleges of the Southland, and eighth among all 
tlie institutions of learning in tlie W'esti'rn Hemisphere. It is older In' six months than the 
Declaration of Independence, and older In- thirteen years tlian the Constitution of the 

Lnited States. During this century and a third, co\ering the lifetime of four generations of men, it 

has ne\'er closed its doors except in \-acation. 





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ITS ESTABLISHMENT 

Just 135 }'ears ago, in February. 1775. the Presbytery of Hanover resolved to establish an uisti- 
tution which would meet the educational needs of this southern section of the rapidly growing Colony 
of Virginia. The site selected was "at the head, of Hudson's Branch, in Prince Edward County, on 
an hundred acres of land, given for the use by Mr. Peter Johnston," the grandfather of General 
Joseph E. Johnston, of Confederate fame, whose birthplace, "Longwood," is only a few miles from the 
College campus. 

The institution which came into being at the beginning of the tremendous struggle tlTat gave to 
the colonies their independence appropriately received its name from two illustrious champions of 
English liberty, John Hampden and Algernon Sidney. The first faculty was composed of four men — 
all of them graduates of Princeton, and all of them honored names in the annals of church and country. 

Although established, and through its early years controlled, l)y the Presbytery of Hano\-er, yet 
from the first its founders were insistent that it should be free from sectarianism, and at the same 
time distinctly Christian. By its charter, which was issued in May, 1783, and which has never been 
amended in any wise, the control of the College was transferred to a self -perpetuating Board of Trus- 
tees. Among the charter members of this Board we find the names of Patrick Henry and James Mad- 
ison. 

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NORTH VIEW OF CAMPUS 



ITS THREE-FOLD AIM 

In establishing Hampden-Sidney College its founders had in view three distinct, and yet closely 
related, objects, viz. : 

I. That Sound Learning be promoted. 
II. That the Principles of Liberty and Patriotism be impressed upon the youth of the land. 
III. That True Religion be conserved, and the Kingdom of Christ advanced. 

With these principles as its magna chorta Hampden-Sidney College came into being Januarv 1, 
1776, and throughout its long and memoraI)le career has abundantly fulfilled the higli purpose of its 
founders. 

A. In Education 

The College has always stood for the things that are best in culture and cliaracter. Never a large 
institution (the largest student body ever enrolled numbered only 155), she has placed the emphasis 
upon quality rather than quantity. A well-known man of letters, not himself an alumnus of the Col- 
lege, has recently said that "Hampden-Sidney is one of the few institutions that still stand squarelv for 
the things that are really worth while in education." As a college of liberal arts she has striven to give 

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Young Ladies; Shepherd College, West Virginia. These and other institutions were founded, or resus- 
citated, bv the energy and talent of men who had studied or taught in the stimulating atmosphere of 
Hampden-Sidney. 

B. In Patriotic Service 

Hampden-Sidney's contribution to the history of state and nation has been extraordinarily large, 
and is out of all proportion to her numerical strength. 

Five times since the College was founded the tocsin of war has sounded, and in each of tliese wars 
lier sons have rallied to their country's standard — viz.: the War of the Revolution, the War of 1812, 
the Mexican War, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War. 

Three times ha\'e the students of the College enlisted as a bodv and marched to the battle's front. 
In 1777, at the call of Governor Patrick Henry, tlie Hampden-Sidney Boys, under the command of 
(then Professor and later President) John Blair Smith, took the field and marched to the defence 
of Williamsburg. 

Again, in the War of 1812, the students of the College organized themselves into a company, 
chose one of their own numljer, John R. Kirkpatrick, as captain, and engaged in daily drill in prepa- 
ration for active service in the field. This company of youthful patriots was deeply stirred 1)}- the 
eloquence of John Randolph of Roanoke (whose home was a few miles distant from tlie College), 

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and of President Hoge — both of whom addressed the men in ranks. These student patriots saw ac- 
tive service in the section about Hampton Roads. 

Again, in 1861, at the call of the Commonwealth, to which the Southerner had always been taught 
his first allegiance was due, the Hampden-Sidney Boys, rmder the command of President John M. P. 
Atkinson, promptly volunteered and were mustered into service. Both in the Revolution and in the 
Civil War, when these special student organizations were disbanded, their members passed into otlier 
commands in those immortal armies commanded by Washington and by Lee, and ser\'ed until the end 
of the war. Altogether the College sent into tlie armies of the Confederacy (337 men — l)eing more 
than the total number of her matriculates during the 14 years immediately preceding the Civil War. 
Two-fifths of these were commissioned officers, ranking from Chaplain through all the grades to that 
of Major-General, and beneath the sod of the old Commonwealth they loved so well lie buried 83 of 
her gallant sons who "died on the field of honor." In view of the fact that the average annual en- 
rollment has been less than 75, it is probable that no college in America can match Hampden-Sidney's 
splendid record of patriotic service. 

Fvu"thermore, the service the College has rendered in times of peace is scarcely less remarkaljje. 
Hampden-Sidney has furnished one President of the United States. Her sons have sat in the 
cabinet, and have gone as ambassadors of their country to the ccnu'ts of Europe. Thirtv-three of her 

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alumni have been members of the Congress of the United States (Senate and House). In the brief 
four years of its existence nine Hampden-Sidney men sat in the Confederate Congress, including its 
brilliant Speaker. She has furnished Governors to si.x states — from Maryland to Missouri. In addition 
to those who have adorned the bench in other states from New York to Florida and California, 66 of 
her alumni have sat upon the bench in Virginia alone, and 120 have served in tlie Legislature and in 
Constitutional Conventions in this state. Besides these, a great company of her sons have held prom- 
inent and influential place in the various departments of professional and business life. 

C. In Religion 

Founded by men who counted "the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom," the College has 
stood squarely for the great fundamental facts — an inspired Bible and a Divine Christ. Its atmosphere 
is distinctly Christian. Four-fifths of the students are members of some church. Besides maintaining 
their own Y. M. C. A., the students conduct a number of Sabbath Schools within a radius of five 
miles of the College, carrying on with vigor the work once done by the students of the Theological Sem- 
inary. One of tlie most noted educators of the South, long familiar with the men trained here, though 
not himself of their number, has recently declared that "the glorious work of Hampden-Sidney lies 
in the type of character she has uniformly produced." While rigidly non-sectarian, enrolling stu- 
dents from every denomination, Hampden-Sidney has always been pre-eminently Christian, and from 
it have gone forth streams that have made glad the City of God. Not a few chapters in the history 
of the church at home and abroad could never have been written but for the fruitful work done here. 

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This College has furnished to the ministry of the Gospel a number equal to 50 per cent, of all its 
graduates, i. e., one out of every two have become preachers of the Evangel. Twenty-six and a half 
per cent, of all the matriculates at Union Seminary in Virginia have been Hampden-Sidney men. The 
general catalogue of that institution, recently issued, covered 96 years of active work. Fifty-three col- 
leges and universities have contributed to the student body of Union, and quite a number of its matricu- 
lates have had no college training at all ; yet more than one-fourth of all its students have been 
furnished by Hampden-Sidney, just double the number fitrnished by any other iustitiitioii. This record 
is the more remarkable when we remember that scores of Hampden-Sidney men ha\e pursued their 
theological studies elsewhere, and that the College has furnished to other divinity schools a number 
equal to 30 per cent, of the splendid company of young men whom she has sent intii the ranks of the 
ministry through Union Seminary. Quite naturally the large majority of these ha\-e l)een Presln-terians, 
but the ministry of five great denominations has been enriched by this College, and among the num- 
ber are three Bishops of the Episcopal Church. According to Mr. John R. INIott, there are only two 
colleges in the land that have equalled the record of Hampden-Sidney in this regard — one in ^klissouri, 
and the other in Michigan. But as both of these are comparatively young, and hence have not been tested 
half so long-, and as both are co-educational, and no doul^t have included the voung women who have 
devoted themselves to home or foreign mission work, Hampden-Sidney may safely claim to hare 
sent a larger proportion of her graduates into the ministry than any other college in America. 

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ITS PRESENT STATUS 

This glorious record of achievement gives to Hampden-Sidney a large place among the forces that 
have moulded this Republic. Her past is secure. What of her present? 

A comparison will show that the College is fully maintaining both the standards and the spirit 
of the past and is stronger to-day than ever before. Of the men whom she has trained for advanced 
educational work, throughout her long career, 40 per cent, arc noiv in active service. Of the great 
company of strong men whom she has sent into the ministry, more than half are in harjiess to-day. at 
the forefront of every great enterprise of the church, from the shores of the Chesapeake to the 
heart of far Cathay. In professional and public life her sons still hold conspicuous place. Witness 
the fact that of the ten most prominent state officials in Virginia to-day, exactly one-half are alumni cf 
Hampden-Sidney. 

In resources and ecjuipment, also, there has been distinct advance. Her endowment, though 
still very inadequate, and, as is true of practically all her sister colleges in the South, compelling" the 
most rigid economy, has received material additions in tlie past two decades, and is nozv larger than at 
any time in her history. The erection of the Memorial Hall has given the College a thoroughly modern 
and attractive chapel, together with lecture rooms and society halls. New departments have been added, 

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the laboratories have been greatly improved and a well-equipped gymnasium has been provided in the 
space formerly occupied by the old chapel. The accjuisition of the Seminary property has added to the 
College holdings four substantial brick dwellings, a large dormitory, and a handsome library building. 
The fences have been removed, and the grounds of the Seminary and College thrown into one, making 
an extensive and beautiful campus of grove and greensward, which in natural beauty and extent prob- 
ably has no equal in the South. The entire property of the College forms a compact tract of some 200 
acres. An athletic field, comprising about eight acres, and conveniently located, affords ample space 
for all out-of-door sports. These grounds form a natural amphi-theatre of great l)eaut}', and are ad- 
mirably adapted to the needs of the various field and track teams, and to the convenience of spectators. 
In recent months the sum of $20,000.00 has been expended in improvements upon Inuldings and 
grounds. Cushing Hall has been so completely remodeled that it is now practicall}' a new l)uilding. 
thoroughly modern, comfortable, convenient and attractive throughout. It is heated with steam, liglited 
with gas, and has an ample supply of baths, hot and cold, shower and plunge, together with the other 
conveniences of modern life. Half a mile of granolithic walk also has been laid, and steam heat and 
gas have been supplied to the Memorial Hall. Thus, while its needs are many, and all of tliem most 
urgent, the College is ])etter equipped for its work and is doing that work nmre tliornughl}' than at any- 
time in its long and fruitful life. 

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LOCATION 

Hampden-Sidney College is located where the far-sighted wisdom of its founders first placed it' — 
at Hampden-Sidney, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It is the only college in the section known as 
"South-side- Virginia," lying between the James River and- the Carolina line, and reaching from the 
mountains to the sea,— a territory measuring about 100 by 250 miles. Its railroad and express office is 
Farmville, on the Norfolk and /Western Railway, which can be re;ached from the College in 45 min- 
utes over an excellent macadai;n road. It Hes on the crest of a water shed, about 700 feet above the sea. 
The climate is exceptionally fine, being delightfully dry and bracing, and free frorn the extremes of 
both heat and cold. The ex;traordinary healthfulness of "the Hill" is frequently' cpmmented upon. 

The bi"eadth and beauty of the College campus, the atmosphere of culture" and dignity that sur- 
rounds it, its rerharkable healthfulness, its thorough work, the high character of its faculty and student 
body, and, its wonderful record of achievement, explain the modest claim made by the students in a 
recent issue of the College Annual, that Hampden-Sidney is "the only authenticated fragment of the 
Garden of Eden." 

A catalogue or any further. information relating to the College will gladly be furnished on request. 

Address the President, 

Rev. Henry Tucker Graham, 

Hampden-Sidney, Va. 



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